Mechanical clothes drying appliance for domestic use



Dec. 19, 1950 H. P. HOUSER 2,534,771

MECHANICAL CLOTHESDRYING APPLIANCE FOR DOMESTIC USE Filed Sept. 4, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 F/G. J

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ATTD RN EYS Patented Dec. 19, 1950 MECHANICAL CLOTHES DRYING APPLIANCE FOR DOMESTIC USE Harry P. Houser, Vinton, Iowa Application September 4, 1947, Serial No. 772,168

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a mechanical clothes drying appliance for domestic use.

It is an object of the present invention to pro- I vide a clothes drying appliance which will be adapted to receive clothes and cause them to be ultraviolet light for ireshing the clothes while they are being agitated and dried.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a mechanical clothes drier which is particularly adapted for home use, which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, compact and consumes little space in the laundry, which can be set up for operation by a simple attachment of an electric plug to a wall receptacle, and efficient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in'connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the clothes drying appliance embodying the features of the present invention with portions broken away to show the interior of the same.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, in elevation, taken generally on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view taken on line 44 of Fig. 1 and showing the operating mechanism for the clothes ilufllng elements.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the operating mechanism for the fiufilng elements taken generally on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the figures, I represents a casing which is open at the top as indicated at H and which has a cover I2 that is hinged at I3 to the top of the casing and through the opening ii there can be extended clothes which are to be dried. These clothes are placed into a compartment I4 and upon fluffing elements I and I6 which are respectively hinged as indicated at IT and I8 to inwardly extending portions I9 of the casing to be raised for the purpose of loosening and flufiing the clothes while heated air is being passed through them. The flufiing action is accomplished by opposed elements I5 and I6 having fingerlike members 2| and 22, respectively, with'the fingerlike members of these elements alternating and fitting in the spaces between the fingers. These fiufiing elements are preferably formed of metal to be rigid and capable of supporting the clothes and to lift or elevate them. On the portion 53 is a bracket 24 in which is journalled a shaft with a pulley wheel 26 thereon. This shaft has a cam 21 adapted to cause the reciprocating and alternate movement of links 28 connected respectively with arms 23 of the respective elements I5 and I6. These links 28 are curved as indicated at 3| to be fitted upon and retained by the cam 21. As the cam 21 is rotated, the elements I5 and I6 will be alternately lifted to raise and fluff the clothes within the chamber I4.

On a bracket 32 connected to the side of the casing, there is mounted an electric motor 33 which is connected by a belt 34 with the pulley 26. This motor is supplied with electric current by a cable 35.

This same cable '35 supplies current to an electric heating element 31 depending from a plate 38 mounted centrally within the casing and upon heated air, the clothes will be dried and by the use of ozone they will be freshened.

On the cover I2 is an ultraviolet ray lamp 43 which is supplied with current by a cable 44 leading from a box 45. A cable 46 may connect the appliance with a wall receptacle.

It will now be apparent that there has been provided a mechanical clothes drying appliance for domestic use which, by the use of ozone and ultraviolet rays, and preheated air, produce clothes which will have the same freshness as when dried in the sunshine or clean out-of-doors.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A mechanical clothes dryer comprising a substantially enclosed housing having a hinged cover, an exh-auster positioned on the upper end of the housing and communicating with the interior thereof, opposed clothes carrying and flufling elements positioned in the housing and having spaced fingerlike members extended therefrom and positioned in the lower part of the housing with the fingerlike members of each element alternating and fitting in the spaces between the fingers of the other element, and means 3 alternately raising and lowering the said fingerllke elements. I

2. In a mechanical clothes dryer the combination which comprises a substantially enclosed housing having a hinged cover, and an exhauster positioned on the upper end of the housing for drawing air through the housing, a horizontally disposed partition spaced from the upper end of the housing providing a clothes compartment, said partition including opposed clothes carrying and flufling elements and having spaced fingerlike members with the fingerlike members of one element alternating and fitting in the spaces between the fingerlike members of the other element, means alternately raising and lowering the said fingerlike elements and a heating element in the housing positioned below the said partition.

3. In a mechanical clothes dryer the combination which comprises a, substantially enclosed housing having a hinged cover, and an exhauster positioned on the upper end of the housing for drawing air through the housing, a horizontally disposed partition spaced from the upper end of the housing providing a clothes compartment, said partition including opposed, clothes carry ing and fluffing elements and having spaced fingerlike members with the fingerlike members of one element alternating and fitting in the spaces between the flngerlike members of the other element, means alternately raising and lowering the said fingerlike elements and a heating element in the housing positioned in the lower part of the housing and in the path of air passing therethrough, means plvotally mounting the said fingerlike elements in the housing, said fingerlike elements having depending arms, an eccentric having pins thereon, rods connecting the eccentric through the pins thereof to the depending arms of the fingerlike elements, and means actuating the said eccentric.

HARRY P. HOUSER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 256,503 Robinson Apr. 18, 1882 1,408,511 Iverson Mar. 7, 1922 1,602,315 Wood Oct. 5, 1926 1,672,274 Noftzger June 5, 1928 1,948,239 Redd Feb. 20, 1934 2,406,494 Ferris Aug. 27, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country I Date 425,891 Germany Mar. 28, 1925 

